NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Seeing Ah Lian and Daba again, Kongbu was in a very good mood.

A Lian is much more mature than the last time we met. Now he exudes the aura of a team leader and looks much more confident than normal.

Kongbu doesn’t know how to describe the current Arab League. Although he is bound to the template of Antetokounmpo, his overall style of play is between Antetokounmpo and Durant. His ability to attack the basket is better than Durant’s, and his shooting ability is better than that of Durant. The ability is stronger than Antetokounmpo.

Many experts describe Arab League as a cross-generational superstar in the NBA. This assessment is actually correct. His performance is indeed enough to bear such an assessment.

After Bus came to the Suns, it was no different than when he was in the Knicks. Anyway, the team leaders around him were all his own, so he couldn't suffer anywhere.

So far this season, Daba has averaged about 17 points and 10 rebounds per game. His average per game has dropped a bit compared to the Raptors, but it's not a big problem. He is still the most popular super center in the league.

Because Howard is only in his second year, Daba is definitely the third center in the league.

In addition, because there are no centers competing with him in the Western Conference, he plays extremely comfortably.

Before the game, Kongbu had some pleasantries with the Suns players. Not only the Arab League and Bus, but also the rising star of Suns coach Nash is Kongbu, so he has always had a good relationship with Kongbu.

Lagabell was also the player Kongbu selected in the undrafted draft.

As for Suns coach D'Antoni, he received great favor from Combs when he was the general manager of the Nuggets, and has maintained close contact with Combs over the years.

After the greetings were completed, the starting players from both sides took the field to start the game.

Regarding the outcome of tonight's game, Kongbu has no confidence at all. In fact, the Suns' lineup looks a bit gorgeous.

But after the fight, Kongbu looked surprised.

The combination of Nash, Gallagher and Bell seems to be no match for Chris Paul and Iguodala.

Nash and Paul are both Hall of Fame point guards. Their playing record is very interesting, and Kongbu was very impressed.

The two have played against each other 22 times throughout their careers, with 11 wins and 11 losses in all of them.

Then Nash averaged 46% field goal percentage and 37.9% three-point shooting percentage. Paul was the same, not bad at all.

Then there are the assist data of both players, which average 9.5 per game.

However, Paul averaged 22 points per game, while Nash only had 13.3 points. Paul averaged 2.5 steals per game, while Nash only had 0.5. In addition, because of Paul's strong defense, Nash averaged 4.2 turnovers per game.

He averaged more than 4 turnovers per game, which is extremely unbelievable for Nash.

This is enough to show Paul's pressure on the defensive end.

As the old saying goes, one thing is better than the other. Paul can actually suppress most point guards, but he can't beat De Xiaopang.

Even if we compare the two men in their overlapping peak periods, Paul definitely has a huge advantage.

The overlap period between the two peak periods was probably the 2007-2011 season, leaving behind Paul's rookie seasons and Nash's later years.

At this point in time, Paul averaged 26.4 points per game, while Nash only had 15.6 points. The number of assists was almost the same, the number of steals was 2.7 for Paul versus 0.4 for Nash, and the number of turnovers was 1.6 for Paul versus 4.2 for Nash.

The result is very clear, that is, in a head-on confrontation, Nash is indeed no match for Paul, and the gap is not even a point.

Right now Nash has Laga Bell next to him, and Paul's partner Iguodala is obviously stronger.

The Bobcats' backcourt duo had an absolute advantage on the court.

In the third position, Granger faced the United Arab Emirates. There was no way around it. The disadvantage was a bit big. Granger couldn't prevent the United Arab Emirates' attack at all, but the United Arab Emirates could easily limit Granger's offense.

There is nothing that can be done about it. The Arab League's match against Granger was a bit bullying.

In terms of inside duel, the Suns' inside line is Daba and Dabaoge, and Ben and Bosh also have an overall advantage.

In other words, the Suns can only see how much advantage Ah Lian can play. His advantage is big enough, and the Suns have the possibility of winning.

In the end, UAE scored 39 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, while Granger scored 11 points. The advantage was definitely big enough, but not big enough to help the Suns win.

The Bobcats won by seven points with a score of 104:97.

保罗又是这场赢球的绝对功臣，全场贡献了33分11助攻3抢断，对位的纳什被防到只有14分9助攻。

Seeing his Bobcats win the Suns, the top rival in the Western Conference, so easily, Combu was relieved. It seemed that winning the championship this season would be easier than he thought.

They played three more away games in the Western Conference, and the opponents were generally weak, so the Bobcats continued their winning streak and have now won 10 consecutive games.

After the team returned to the court, the team doctor told Kongbu that Hill could try to make a comeback.

Kongbu felt a little uneasy. He didn't know how Hill was recovering. Although Hill's return would have minimal impact on the Bobcats' overall strength, Kongbu still hoped that Hill could return to his peak.

It has nothing to do with the team's strength. Kongbu just hopes that Hill will have a happy career.

Kongbu originally wanted to put Hill in the starting lineup. It would depend on how many minutes he could play. Anyway, Hill had to be given the necessary respect.

As a result, Hill was unwilling to say anything and was determined to come on the bench.

He is very clear about his situation and knows that he is far from perfect. Granger's performance has been very good since entering the team. Hill does not want to cause Granger to have any resentment against the Bobcats because of himself.

If Granger had not performed well, Hill might have agreed to start. Unfortunately, Granger has played really well. He has averaged close to 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game so far this season. How many rookie small forwards can do this? level data.

Kongbu didn't force it, and let Hill be the substitute for the time being, and we would see the situation later.

Time flew by and it was mid-January 2006, and the annual All-Star Weekend was about to begin.

A month before the All-Star break, Stern held a league meeting with representatives from the league's thirty teams.

Kongbu simply didn't go and asked Jordan to attend on behalf of the Bobcats.

When Jordan came back, he brought back a piece of innocuous news, that is, the All-Star Game had been restructured from the original 12 players to 15 players.

Kongbu didn't understand what Stern's purpose was. Does it really make sense if the number of All-Stars has increased?

In fact, it does have some meaning. Being selected as an All-Star is more of a status symbol. For example, if a player has not been to the All-Stars, the commercial value will definitely be different. Stern now wants to improve the commercial value of the NBA. Obsessed.

The ultimate beneficiary of the increase in the number of stars is definitely the Bobcats.

Originally based on 12 players, the Bobcats might end up with only Big Ben, Bosh and Paul selected.Ben is a veteran star, Bosh is the backbone of today's league, and although Paul is young, he has averaged 18 points, 13.7 assists and 3 steals per game in the past two-thirds of the season. He is almost guaranteed to win the assists and steals title. No one can fault him for being selected as an All-Star.

With the All-Star expansion, Granger, Iguodala and Hill were all selected to the All-Star lineup.

No way, the Bobcats have maintained a complete victory so far this season. Their unbeatable record has allowed six of their players to be selected into the All-Star lineup.

Hill's recovery is not good, and he is already too young, so it is almost impossible for him to return to his peak. However, the fans still voted for him without hesitation. Even though he came on as a substitute for most of this season, he was still in the voting. Received the second highest number of votes after Kobe.

Last season it was Kongbu who led the Eastern Conference All-Stars. This season he was not qualified to lead the team, so he simply gave himself a holiday.

By the time Kongbu returned from vacation, the All-Star weekend was over.

Nine-finger Green won this year's slam dunk championship.

The championship of the three-point contest was won by Nowitzki. Combu was dumbfounded. He never expected that someone of Nowitzki's level would participate in such a miscellaneous competition.

He really has no idol baggage.

But what made Kongbu even more stunned was that the MVP winner of the All-Star Game turned out to be Granger of their Bobcats.

Granger is a substitute, so he doesn't have much opportunity to perform. Because Kongbu is not present, he will never get the MVP.

But I can't stand someone's good luck.

In the 7th minute of the first quarter, he replaced Wade and Paul was also on the court.

Paul felt bad tonight. He took five shots in the first few minutes and only hit one. After seeing his teammates come on the court, he simply passed the ball to Granger.

Granger's three-pointers tonight were accurate enough to beat Nowitzki to win the three-point contest. Three-pointers came one after another. In the remaining 5 minutes of the first quarter, he hit 5 three-pointers and another. CIC.

After playing another 4 minutes in the second quarter, he happened to appear on the court at the same time as Paul, and he hit three more three-pointers.

Although he did not appear on the court at the same time as Paul in the second half, he was always guaranteed to have two Bobcat teammates by his side.

Looking at Granger's touch and condition tonight, his teammates will definitely pass the ball to him.

After the game ended, Granger played for 22 minutes and scored 41 points. This offensive efficiency made the fans at the scene dumbfounded. They secretly sighed that the Bobcats really were full of heroes. Rookie Paul was already dazzling enough. Lan Jie actually has such a bug.

The current Bobcats team has given fans all over the world an unparalleled shock.

The Raptors dynasty and the Philadelphia dynasty created by Kongbu were both extremely strong, but they had never achieved a complete victory record.

And now this Bobcats not only have a complete victory, but also have six people on the team selected to the All-Stars. Even if you go through the entire NBA history, you can't find any team that can match it.

Both experts and fans from the outside world have called this Bobcats the strongest team in history.

In fact, in Kongbu's eyes, the current Bobcats are not necessarily better than the Raptors or Philadelphia 76ers before him, especially in the season when the Philadelphia 76ers won the third championship. Kongbu thinks that if the current Bobcats encounter that 76ers Man, the possibility of losing is not 100%, but at least [-]%.

This Bobcats only became stronger after getting Paul. Without Paul, Kongbu wouldn't even have a [-]% chance of winning the championship this year.

After the All-Star Weekend, the Bobcats didn't have a game for another three days.

The first game was against the New York Knicks. Since this year's All-Star Game was held in New York, Kongbu simply asked those Bobcat players who participated in the All-Star Weekend to stay in New York directly, while he took other players to New York to follow They join.

As soon as he arrived in New York, Combe received a call from James Dolan.

Because Kongbu and Dolan have to work together to film the Devils Training Camp reality show every offseason, the relationship between the two is quite familiar.

Kongbu thought that Dolan simply wanted to treat him to a meal, so he went as requested.

Unexpectedly, after sitting down, Dolan's words made Kongbu frown.

"Kong, David has told me that you plan to acquire the Nets next season, and also told me your plan to move the Nets to Brooklyn, New York."

Dolan's tone was calm, but Kongbu could still hear the anger in his tone.

It's normal when you think about it. He is the only one in New York City, and now another team suddenly comes. It's no big deal.

If the Nets are like the Clippers, a team that can't support the wall with mud, then that's fine. The key is that this is Kongbu's Nets. You don't have to think about it. It only takes a short time for the Nets to have a terrifying team. Money-attracting ability!

Attracting money, from whom?Of course he is Dolan’s gold!

It's strange that Dolan can be happy.

Kongbu's expression was also very calm. He was not surprised at all that Stern informed Dolan about this matter.

Because the Nets want to move to New York, sooner or later they will have to pass Dolan.

"James, we are old friends who have worked together for many years. In the future, when the Nets move to New York, we can still be excellent partners."

Combe said with a smile.

Dolan was immediately speechless. How could the two teams cooperate when they were sharing the cake?

"Kong, just because we are old friends, I won't beat around the bush."

"If you want to move the Nets to New York, it's not as easy as you think."

"Even if I don't stop you from moving, there will definitely be countless people who will stop you, and the first to bear the brunt is the buyer who wanted to acquire the Nets."

"He is a super real estate developer in New York City. You can think about his connections and connections. I guess his purpose of acquiring the Nets may also be to move the Nets to New York."

"I'm afraid it's very difficult for you to do what he can do."

These words made Kongbu's heart skip a beat. He knew that Dolan had not deceived him.

Combs himself also remembers that if the Nets had not been intercepted by Stern, they would have been sold to New York real estate developer Bruce Ratner. He used his network to move the Nets to New York City.

How could Kongbu have any connections in this area, and Ratner's good deeds were ruined? How could he not increase resistance during the relocation of the Nets?
After a brief headache, Kongbu felt relieved again. This had nothing to do with him. It was Stern who should be worried. Why should he worry?

The worst case scenario is that I don't want the Nets anymore. Isn't it the same thing if I wait a few more years until Clippers owner Sterling makes racist remarks and then buys the Clippers?It's just a matter of spending more money.